Those Who Remained

Name: Those Who Remained
Genre: Drama
Released: February 14, 2020
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Abigél Szõke, Adél Jordán, Andor Lukáts, Barnabás Horkay, Judit Marosvölgyi

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Menemsha Films | Release Date: February 14, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Abigél Szõke, Adél Jordán, Andor Lukáts, Barnabás Horkay, Judit Marosvölgyi, Károly Hajduk, Katalin Simkó, Lujza Emma Tóth, Mari Nagy, Zsolt Zayzon

Summary: Having survived the camps, 42-year old Aldo lives a solitary life as a doctor in Budapest. 16-year old Klara lives reluctantly with her great-aunt, holding on to hope that her father and mother will return. She meets Aldo, and soon the two of them find something in each other that has long been absent in their lives. As they grow closerHaving survived the camps, 42-year old Aldo lives a solitary life as a doctor in Budapest. 16-year old Klara lives reluctantly with her great-aunt, holding on to hope that her father and mother will return. She meets Aldo, and soon the two of them find something in each other that has long been absent in their lives. As they grow closer and closer, the joy in both of their lives slowly returns. But as the Soviet Empire rises to power in Hungary, their pure and loving father-daughter relationship is misunderstood and frowned upon. [Menemsha FIlms]… Expand

Director: Barnabás Tóth

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 min

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Alissa Simon

Jan 10, 2020

In his sophomore feature, the France-born, Budapest-based helmer (perhaps best known for his prize-winning 2018 short “Chuchotage”) sensitively establishes and sustains an affecting but understated dramatic tone, aided by his superb leads. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Jan 10, 2020

Nearly every scene offers a general backdrop of tragic sadness leavened by the quotidian necessity of fulfilling basic requirements, doing a job, tending to the moment-to-moment needs of others and finding hope wherever one can. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

May 2, 2023

It’s a coming-of-age story about the coming of unlikely, unbidden hope. Read full review

Robert Abele

May 4, 2023

Barnabás Tóth’s richly acted film exudes a faith in human connection as relevant today as such relationships needed to be in the years after World War II for survivors of unimaginable trauma. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

May 2, 2023

Those Who Remained leaves much unsaid about their pasts, sometimes at the risk of seeming coy (the word “Jewish” is never spoken). But Hajduk and Szoke are strong performers. Read full review

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GreatMartin

Feb 25, 2020

"Those Who Remained" is a film about Hungarian people who survived the Holocaust physically but not quite mentally and they are now caught up in a Communist regime.

It focuses on a 42-year-old gynecologist doctor, who lost his wife and two children, and a 16-year-old orphan who has not"Those Who Remained" is a film about Hungarian people who survived the Holocaust physically but not quite mentally and they are now caught up in a Communist regime.

It focuses on a 42-year-old gynecologist doctor, who lost his wife and two children, and a 16-year-old orphan who has not faced up to the fate of her parents and is brought to the clinic by an aunt because the girl has not gone through puberty yet.

To tell any more would be giving spoilers so all I can do is give my reaction to the movie. I thought I knew where the relationship between the doctor Aldo and the teenager Klara was heading and though I wasn't far off I found myself not reacting which was very puzzling to me as it takes very little to get me involved emotionally with characters in films.

Karoly Hajduk, as Aldo and Abigel Szoke as Klara, do an excellent job, especially the latter who shows her changes physically and mentally with her face and body plus a nod to the hairdresser!

I am on the fence about recommending "Those Who Remained" simply because the director and screenwriters did not 'get' to me though at 83 minutes it does tackle a theme not often touched upon.… Expand

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